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239. On the Comparative Degree.

Bad men are apt to say, some men are worse
Then they, and therefore may expect a curse:
Good men are apt to think, that such and such
Are better then themselves, and praise them much.
The worst of Christ is better then the best:
Of the World, his afflictions end in rest
All sinful pleasures fade, better be in,
Hell with Christ Jesus, then in Heav'n with sin.